{"id":176396,"date":"2026-02-19T18:57:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176396\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-politician-statkievic-released-from-prison-after-a-stroke","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176396\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition politician Statkievi\u010d released from prison after a stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(hramada.org)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Authorities in Belarus have released Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, an outspoken critic of the government, from prison, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported citing the politician\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is recovering after a stroke and has a speech problem, said wife Maryna Adamovi\u010d on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statkievi\u010d, leader of the Narodnaja Hramada Social Democratic Party, was one of 52 Belarusian dissidents liberated five months ago as part of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s deal with Washington. All freed people were taken to Lithuania, except for Statkievi\u010d, who refused to leave Belarus and remained for several hours at the Kamienny \u0141oh border checkpoint on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, as confirmed by CCTV footage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2025, the interior ministry informed his family members that he was taken back to prison to serve his original 14-year sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statkievi\u010d was initially arrested ahead of the 2020 presidential election and then sentenced to a lengthy prison term on charges widely seen as politically motivated. In 2022, Belarusian authorities designated him as an \u201cextremist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UN officials have repeatedly contacted Minsk regarding the alleged ill-treatment of the politician in prison, including incommunicado detention, and \u201cthe devastating effect of this ill-treatment on his health due to his advanced age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/statkevich-granitsa-customs.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Opposition leader calls for Statkievi\u010d\u2019s release after his reimprisonment<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 12, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has called for the release of opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, who was pardoned in September 2025 but was returned to prison after refusing to leave Belarus. \u201cInstead of forced deportation, he was &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/171235\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 19, Pozirk. Authorities in Belarus have released Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, an outspoken critic of the government, from prison, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported citing the politician\u2019s wife. He is recovering after a stroke and has a speech problem, said wife Maryna Adamovi\u010d on Facebook. Statkievi\u010d, leader of the Narodnaja Hramada Social Democratic Party, was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":65933,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-176396","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Opposition politician Statkievi\u010d released from prison after a stroke | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 19, Pozirk. 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